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PREFACE

The Global Private Litigation Committee and the Trial Practice

Committee of the Section of Antitrust Law are pleased to present this

Handbook on Antitrust Class Actions, Third Edition. The class action has

taken on an increasingly important role in the antitrust world. This

treatise attempts to explore both the legal foundations as well as the

practical issues that counsel face both in bringing and defending against

a major antitrust class action.

This book is the product of the hard work of numerous individuals.

We owe special thanks to Project Chairs Melissa H. Maxman and Darryl

Anderson, who were responsible for marshalling the work of numerous

drafters into a unified whole and have worked tirelessly to see this

project through to completion. We also wish to thank Eli T. Burris and

Kay Lynn Brumbaugh of the Section’s Books and Treatises Committee

for their efforts in reviewing and editing the manuscript. In addition, we

wish to thank the following individuals who contributed their time and

expertise to the drafting of this Handbook:

Authors

Davit Akman

Melinda R. Coolidge

Janelle Davis

Francis D. Dibble, Jr.

Danyll W. Foix

Nicholas Frey

Sam Hiebendaal

Jon Lawrence

Jessica N. Leal

Michael Legg

Jodi K. Miller

Andrew J. McGuinness

Alexander R. Safyan

Bruce L. Simon

Prudence J. Smith

Nicolas J. Taylor

Laura Van Soelen

Scott N. Wagner

Nicole Williams

Editors

Olivia Adendorff

James E. DeLine

Michael A. Finio

Ross Fisher

Amanda J. Hamilton

Carolyn Hazard

Donald B. Houston

Thomas Ingalls

Lezlie Madden

Daniel Mandell

Andrew J. McGuinness

Donald Polden

David Reichenberg

Ronald F. Wick